When I was trying to research it, I ran into a lot of the "harbinger of death" interpretations, too. Probably true, to a degree - ain't none of us getting out of this life alive. We all die, eventually, and eventually I will, too. The question is when. I mean, I haven't died in the last 40 years or so, since Tina saw "me" walking in a small town. So, no guarantees there, either. Now, at the time, I was certainly far from home and near to death, but for some reason it didn't take.
Maybe an astral projection of some sort. I've been told I walk in other folks' dreams, too, so I dunno. There was a First Nations gal in British Columbia that swore I often appeared in her dreams as a "black wolf". How she knew it could possibly be me is anyone's guess. I mean, I'm certainly not pretty, but neither do I walk on 4 legs completely covered in hair with pointed ears and a fanged muzzle.
Then again, it could just all be bullshit, too. Folks just seeing things and interpreting them as they wish they were. There seems to really not be a lot of consensus across cultures as to what "spirit doubles" really are. It's kinda all over the map... literally.
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Maybe an astral projection of some sort. I've been told I walk in other folks' dreams, too, so I dunno. There was a First Nations gal in British Columbia that swore I often appeared in her dreams as a "black wolf". How she knew it could possibly be me is anyone's guess. I mean, I'm certainly not pretty, but neither do I walk on 4 legs completely covered in hair with pointed ears and a fanged muzzle.
Then again, it could just all be bullshit, too. Folks just seeing things and interpreting them as they wish they were. There seems to really not be a lot of consensus across cultures as to what "spirit doubles" really are. It's kinda all over the map... literally.
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